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title: "All-age Early Intervention and Prevention Service for Eating Disorders"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f1a1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board"
published: "2026-09-03"
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# All-age Early Intervention and Prevention Service for Eating Disorders

Buyer: NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f1a1

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## Summary

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board is procuring an all-age early intervention and prevention service for eating disorders. The service is a county-wide, community-based offer for people with early-stage or emerging eating disorder presentations and wider difficulties with eating. It also supports families and carers. This is a health service requirement delivered across Derby and Derbyshire, covering children, young people and adults rather than a specialist service limited to one age group. The requirement is intended to provide early support and prevention before difficulties develop into more established eating disorders. Organisations with experience delivering community-based eating disorder support, early intervention, prevention services and family or carer support are the most relevant potential competitors for this type of requirement.

The process has reached the award stage. The NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board selected First Steps ED through a Provider Selection Regime direct award procedure without prior publication of a competition. The award date was 17 August 2026 and the contract value is £540,863. The contract is intended to run from 1 March 2027 to 31 March 2029, with options under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. One bid was recorded. Evaluation gave equal importance to the key criteria, with the existing provider’s ability to continue satisfying the requirement assessed as quality worth 100 points and value assessed as 0 points. The published outcome records First Steps ED as the active awarded supplier.

This procurement shows sustained NHS demand in Derby and Derbyshire for integrated, community-based eating disorder prevention and early intervention across all ages. A supplier seeking to compete when the requirement next returns would need credible experience supporting early-stage or emerging eating disorder presentations, wider eating difficulties, and families and carers. The evaluation places the emphasis on quality and on demonstrating that the service is being delivered satisfactorily and can continue to meet the proposed requirement; price is not the differentiating factor in the recorded assessment. Strong evidence of service performance, continuity, clinical and community delivery capability, and the capacity to provide county-wide support would therefore be important. Providers able to combine early intervention with accessible support for children, adults, families and carers are the closest fit.

## Notice

Delivers a county-wide, community-based all-age early intervention and prevention offer for early-stage or emerging eating disorder presentations and wider difficulties with eating, alongside support for families and carers.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Description of the services to be provided: Delivers a county-wide, community-based all-age early intervention and prevention offer for early-stage or emerging eating disorder presentations and wider difficulties with eating, alongside support for families and carers. The ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C -The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS540,863 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are 1 March 2027 to 31 March 2029.

Options: In line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083613-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £540,863 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board |
| Locality | DERBY |
| Postcode area | Derby |
| Postcode | DE1 2FS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby |
| Local authority | Derby |
| Electoral ward | Darley |
| Westminster constituency | Derby South |
| Delivery location | TLF11 Derby, TLF12 East Derbyshire, TLF13 South and West Derbyshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | First Steps ED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 3 Sep 2026 at 16:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083613-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/

## Provenance

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